At the mall. Think I’ll do some rehearsing. Lie on sidewalk, get into “dead guy” character. Quite hard to do without chalk outline. - Steve Martin

There’s a rumor that a recent Oscar host is going to play Catwoman. Waiting by my phone for the call.

Sure, I've gotten some disbelieving stares when I've tried to explain this little habit of mine to, say, a bus seatmate. I've watched a guy adjust his posture, or get up and move back several rows, even if it meant he now sat next to someone else who was clearly on the verge of some other kind of insanity.

With a cheery delicacy she divided my obsessions into three categories: acceptable, unacceptable, and hilarious.